The Zipaquirá-Paris express is on time! Egan Bernal takes Tour de France

Egan Bernal will be the first Colombian Tour winner in history. Photo: A.S.O. Alex Broadway

Egan Bernal stays in yellow and will be Colombia’s first ever Tour de France winner.


In an uneventful stage to Val Thorens, the final mountain stage, Egan Bernal kept the yellow jersey without problems and barring extraordinarily bad luck, the 22-year-old will take Colombia’s first ever Tour de France victory. He’s also the youngest postwar winner of the yellow jersey and holds the white jersey for best young rider.

Freek Huigen: Freek Huigen has been in Colombia since 2012 and the sports editor at The Bogotá Post printed edition since founding the paper. Whether it is football, cycling, boxing or athletics, Freek will tell the world what is going on.